No WW3 unless anyone else gets involved. If it stays strcitly Hamas and Israel then this doesnt spiral out of control. Enter even one more entity
though and it could. If Hezbo starts firing rockets then things will get crazy. If Syria or Iran decided to do more than just talk, then yes it could
get out of hand. Likely that any of these things happen? No. No one likes to play with Israel when nthey know Israel is being serious and right now
they are being serious.

Its possible that Hezbollah could use this diversion to launch attacks on Israel, forcing Israel to spread its resources to defend on two fronts.
Israel could ill afford to go to war on two organizations heavily armed and with massive manpower.

I was going to ask what is the ideological stance between Hamas and Hezbollah, but you seem to have addressed that...dyou have any kind of link to
follow up on that point, just out of interest to gain a broader perspective?

Hezbollah have been out of the media picture so far, but what is the likelihod that they will lend armed support to Hamas in terms of tactical
command, soldiers, or more advanced weapons than in Hamas limited arsenal?

DAMASCUS (AFP) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday met Iran's Supreme National Security Council chief Saeed Jalili to discuss the
situation in the Gaza Strip, the official SANA news agency reported.

It said Jalili, who arrived in Damascus on Friday night, and Assad held talks on "the dangerous situation the Palestinian people of Gaza are going
through because of the Israeli aggression."

They discussed the "consequences on security and stability in the region of the Israel's aggression continuing" and "ways Islamic countries can
force Israel to immediately stop the massacres against the Palestinian people, end the Gaza blockade and open the crossing points," SANA reported.

Jalili told Assad of "Iran's commitment to cooperation and coordination with Syria on Gaza," it added.

The Iranian security supremo also met the Islamist Hamas movement's exiled political chief Khaled Meshaal and Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Abdullah
Shallah after he arrived on Friday, a Palestinian source said. Both men are based in Damascus.

Iran is a staunch supporter of the Islamist Hamas movement, which controls Gaza, and does not recognise its archfoe Israel which has bombarded the
Hamas stronghold in Gaza for the past seven days.

Emergency services inside Gaza say at least 442 Palestinians have been killed and 2,290 others wounded since the Israeli air offensive began a week
ago. At least 75 of those killed were children, they said.

In US President George W. Bush's weekly Saturday radio address, the text of which was released by the White House late on Friday, he blamed Hamas for
the violence.

"This recent outburst of violence was instigated by Hamas -- a Palestinian terrorist group supported by Iran and Syria that calls for Israel's
destruction," Bush said.

Exactly. This is the danger and it sounds like Israel is noting it. Just saw an interview on CNN with Ehud Barak and he said they were watching the
northern front and hoping frop quiet but are preparing.

Its possible that Hezbollah could use this diversion to launch attacks on Israel, forcing Israel to spread its resources to defend on two fronts.
Israel could ill afford to go to war on two organizations heavily armed and with massive manpower.

Israel struggled with Hezbollah in their 34 Day War. Israel struggles with Hamas daily. Any combined effort by Syria, Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas would
ultimately defeat Israel, so long as the United States does not get involved.

It doesn't matter what Arab states do and don't support Hamas because none of them will attack Syria, Iran, Hezbollah, or Hamas in support of
Israel.

Not interested in Your history lesson, if I misspoke and said Iran and other Arab states I obviously misspoke, do you feel better or superior now? I
hope so for wasting my time with Semantics...

Iran has supplied the Hamas Rockets and it seems only you dispute that fact...

Yeah I see your type now and after this response I will ignore you, Israel will defeat any of them, as they have in 48, 67, and very war multiple
nations tried to take Israel. So why don't Syria get into this if they think they are bad enough. AND THE US HAS NEVER SUPPORTED ISRAEL what history
are you reading, Arafat's history of No Israeli State????

None of them will attack Israel for Hamas, want to bet a dollar to a doughnut??? Arab League said Hamas is at fault, Saudis said take out Hamas, Egypt
shoots pals trying to cross and says Take out Hamas, Egypt and Jordon both have peace deals top not get their asses kicked again by Israel so the
chance of WW3 out of this is pretty nil. If Iran becomes involved it COULD but not for sure escalate into WW3... I do not think this is likely unless
a major power tries to step into it, by major I mean Nuclear...

Originally posted by princeofpeace
No WW3 unless anyone else gets involved. If it stays strcitly Hamas and Israel then this doesnt spiral out of control. Enter even one more entity
though and it could. If Hezbo starts firing rockets then things will get crazy. If Syria or Iran decided to do more than just talk, then yes it could
get out of hand. Likely that any of these things happen? No. No one likes to play with Israel when nthey know Israel is being serious and right now
they are being serious.

Israel is ready for any development on its northern border with Lebanon, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Saturday in a veiled warning to
Hezbollah as the Jewish state launched a ground offensive in Gaza.

"While we are fighting in Gaza, we will keep an open eye on the sensitive situation on our northern border," he said.

"We hope the situation will remain calm, nevertheless we are ready and alert to face any unwarranted development in that area."

Two weeks after the last major Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip in June 2006 Lebanon's Hezbollah militia carried out a deadly cross-border raid in
Israel's north during which it seized two soldiers.

In response Israel launched a war on Hezbollah that lasted 34 days and killed more than 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and more than 160 Israelis,
mostly soldiers.

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